Martha Plimpton (HBO‘s The Regime, Fox’s Raising Hope) and Mireille Enos (AMC’s The Killing, Apple TV+’s For All Mankind) have been officially announced as part of the cast of Brad Ingelsby’s upcoming series at HBO, a followup to his hit Mare Of Easttown.
Plimpton’s casting was revealed in the “Coming To Max in 2025” trailer released Sunday night, which also unveiled Task as the title of the show (fka Untitled Task Force Project), headlined by Mark Ruffalo. (You can watch it below)
Based on an original idea by Ingelsby, Task is set in the working class suburbs outside of Philadelphia, an FBI agent heads a Task Force to put an end to a string of drug-house robberies led by an unsuspecting family man.
Plimpton plays Kathleen McGinty, the FBI Supervisory Senior Resident in Charge, a career agent who recruits Tom to head up the Task Force just as she learns that she is being forced to retire. Enos plays Susan Brandis, Tom’s loving wife and the heart and soul of the family. She and Tom married young and is the reason he left the priesthood.
Previously announced regular and recurring cast for the series, currently in post-production, include Tom Pelphrey, Emilia Jones, Thuso Mbedu, Raúl Castillo, Jamie McShane, Sam Keeley, Fabien Frankel, Alison Oliver, Owen Teague, Dominic Colón, Margarita Levieva, Raphael Sbarge, Mickey Sumner, Brian Goodman, Elvis Nolasco, Colin Bates, Isaach de Bankole, Phoebe Fox, Silvia Dionicio, and Coral Peña.
Executive producing Task are writer Ingelsby, directors Jeremiah Zagar and Salli Richardson-Whitfield, star Ruffalo, Paul Lee and Mark Roybal for wiip, and David Crockett. Co-executive producers are Nicole Jordan-Webber and Public Record’s Jeremy Yaches
Plimpton is repped by Innovative Artists and Markham, Froggatt and Irwin. Enos is repped by CAA, Howard Green Entertainment, and Goodman, Genow, Schenkman, Smelkinson & Christopher.
